On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion 25-01, a favorable opinion analyzing a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s ...

One of the most powerful components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the mandate that nonprofit hospitals provide an income-based financial assistance program. But 10 years after the passage of ...

In the search to lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, consumers will encounter a number of different coupons, discounts and assistance programs available to them. They don't all work the ...

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community.

Limited evidence from a literature review suggests that co-pay assistance was associated with improved treatment persistence/adherence across various diseases, with indirect evidence suggesting ...

When Gury Doshi, MD, learned that a patient’s insurance didn’t cover her breast cancer medication, Doshi had a potential workaround. The patient could try to bypass the insurer and access the drug at ...

Pilot Study of a Mobile Phone Chatbot for Medication Adherence and Toxicity Management Among Patients With GI Cancers on Capecitabine Oral anticancer medications (OAMs) are high priced with a ...